MDG 7: Ensure Environmental Sustainability
The Goal: Ensure Environmental Sustainability
What Do We Want To Achieve?
◾Incorporate the principles of sustainable development into country policies and reverse the loss of environmental resources
◾Decrease biodiversity loss
◾Reduce the number of people without access to safe drinking water and sanitation by half
◾Improve the lives of at least 100 million people who live in slums by 2020
What Have We Already Achieved?
◾In 2010, 89% of the world’s population, about 6.1 billion people, had access to safe drinking water. In 2015, that number will increase to include 92% of the world’s population
◾We have improved the lives of more than 200 million people living in slums
◾1,800 people have gained access to basic sanitation
What Challenges Remain?
◾2.6 billion people remain without access to healthcare
◾17,000 species of plants and animals are endangered
◾The atmospheric levels of substances that destroy the ozone layer could increase 10-fold by 2015